Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

One reason is that what constitutes conventional wisdom differs enormously across intellectual microclimates, so just relying on your own assumptions about what the audience already assumes is going to be very unreliable and make it hard for your piece to breakout of its niche. — PolitiTweet.org

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*THE* professional journalist habit that could easily improve 90% of writing by smart, knowledgeable amateurs is making sure to check that you've written a strong lede with a clear thesis statement. — PolitiTweet.org

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@binarybits @MagnificoIX Also going for an anecdotal lead means you are really leaning hard on your writing chops, which is probably not the smart outsider's comparative advantage. — PolitiTweet.org

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